2026 Hackaday Supercon: Workshops Are Open!

Supercon is Hackaday’s annual gathering, and you absolutely need to be there. Today, we’re pleased to announce our lineup of workshops, and it’s more than we’ve ever offered, thanks to …read more

What’s A Nonius?

If you already know what a nonius is, you can probably skip this post. But, if like us, you would have to look it up, we’ll tell you what we …read more

The FPGA Chronicles: Ready To Probe

In the last few installments, we looked at using the Tang Nano 20K with both the GOWIN tools and some open-source tools. The open-source tools certainly had the advantage of …read more

Your Computer Memory Is A Lie

When you first learn to program, memory seems pretty straightforward. You have a bunch of bytes, each with an address. If you want to read or write something, you specify …read more

Hackaday Links: October 11, 2026

It probably goes without saying that if you send four humans to observe the Moon up close, they’ll see things that those of us stuck here on Earth have never …read more

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The 10€ Gamepad

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By Al Williams | October 16, 2026

We aren’t sure what [Lazy_Duck] is doing with video games, but it must require a lot of controllers. Dismayed at the cost and complexity of commercial gamepads, they started soldering …read more
Fairbuds 2 Teardown Shows Little Glue, Easy Battery Swap

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By Maya Posch | October 16, 2026

In a world where wireless earbuds are increasingly seen as devices that you toss into the e-waste bin as soon as they stop working, it’s heartening to see companies take …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 391: Tuned In To ESP32 SDR, New Old Pagers, And Bugs On Mars

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By Tom Nardi | October 16, 2026

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start this episode off with a discussion about Philadelphia’s budding hacker conference and the imminent retirement of the EZ80. After considering the parallels …read more
Braino! Takes The Cheap Yellow Display To School

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By Tom Nardi | October 16, 2026

These days, it’s common to give even very young children a mobile device loaded up with educational software that aims to improve everything from basic motor skills to reading and …read more
This Week In Security: Critical DNS Keys Rotated, Hacking Freezers Isn’t Cool, OpenAI Spies On Itself, And Advanced Hardware Wallet Hacks

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By Mike Kershaw | October 16, 2026

Critical Internet keys changed this week. Did you notice? The keys behind DNSSEC, the system for cryptographically validating DNS responses, rolled over on October 11 2026. This is the second …read more
Disposing Of PLA And Why Composting Is Not An Option

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By Maya Posch | October 16, 2026

The ‘biofriendly’ nature of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) filament often gets touted as one of its main advantages over alternatives like PETG, but even a modicum of research ought to inform …read more
Running DOOM (Sort Of) On A Sonoff Smart Switch

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By Tom Nardi | October 16, 2026

It’s often said in this community that DOOM can be made to run on anything, and as time goes on, that’s becoming more and more accurate. We’re at the point …read more

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